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last weekend u.s. officials arrested 10 people in the united states in arlington, virginia, new york, virginia, and massachusetts, and charged them with representing a foreign government without officially rem registering with u.s. authorities. a number of them were charged with money laundering. none of them were charged with espionage, but they are alleged to have been working for the russian intelligence service and were trying to get influence into u.s. policy circles and to figure out what u.s. thinking was on a whole range of issues. there are still many details which have not yet come forward, but we'll see what happens over the next few weeks. host: were you surprised? guest: the fact that spying continues does not surprise me. in fact, spying has increased since the cold war. now what russian people spies are in-- now what russian spies are interested in is corporate information. host: "in spy case, arrests vs. knowledge. f.b.i. pursued suspects for nearly a decade to bid to gain intelligence
last weekend u.s. officials arrested 10 people in the united states in arlington, virginia, new york, virginia, and massachusetts, and charged them with representing a foreign government without officially rem registering with u.s. authorities. a number of them were charged with money laundering. none of them were charged with espionage, but they are alleged to have been working for the russian intelligence service and were trying to get influence into u.s. policy circles and to figure out what...
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and yet, we here in the safety of the u.s. congress can dictate to the commanders in the field what direction the war should go in and the time frame and what
and yet, we here in the safety of the u.s. congress can dictate to the commanders in the field what direction the war should go in and the time frame and what
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u.s. department of coerce. dr. hall also spent 10 years at the united states international trade commission. thank you for your public service. we look forward to your testimony. >> thank you, madam chair. thank you for the opportunity to discuss the employment and unemployment data we released this morning. non-farm employment fell by up 125,000 in june, and the unemployment rate edged down to 915%. the larger employment reflects a fall in the number of the number of jobs in the private sector is up. private-sector employment has risen by 593,000 so far in 2010. in june it was 9.7 below its previous session level. federal government employment decline shortly. the number of temporary census workers dropped by 225,000, leaving 339,000 temporary workers on the census peril. in the private sector, temporary help services employment continued to grow over the month. the industry has added 379,000 jobs since september 2009. employment also rose in management and technical consulting and busine
u.s. department of coerce. dr. hall also spent 10 years at the united states international trade commission. thank you for your public service. we look forward to your testimony. >> thank you, madam chair. thank you for the opportunity to discuss the employment and unemployment data we released this morning. non-farm employment fell by up 125,000 in june, and the unemployment rate edged down to 915%. the larger employment reflects a fall in the number of the number of jobs in the private...
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. >> with certain due process protections, the u.s. may detain individuals who fought against the united states as partst tall back. the supreme court has not upheld military detention in the war in terrorism other than this narrow class of battlefield detainees as i understand it. is that the way you understand it? >> yes, your understanding is mine. that hamdi talked about people picked up on the battlefield. >> that is one of the concerns i had with the nominations of justices roberts and leito. as an appellate judge, john roberts held that president bush's military commissions were legal even though they were created without congressional authorization and allowed the use of evidence obtained by torture. the supreme court reversed judge roberts saying they violated the law. incidentally, justice stevens was the author of that opinion. the hamdi case, while pending, there was an extraordinary effort in congress to force the supreme court to dismiss the case by retro actively stripping the right to habs habeas corpus detainees. you w
. >> with certain due process protections, the u.s. may detain individuals who fought against the united states as partst tall back. the supreme court has not upheld military detention in the war in terrorism other than this narrow class of battlefield detainees as i understand it. is that the way you understand it? >> yes, your understanding is mine. that hamdi talked about people picked up on the battlefield. >> that is one of the concerns i had with the nominations of...
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while most attendees come from the u.s., some come from all over the world as far as australia. senator lundy is a member of the australian better -- federal parliament and part of an expert -- part of an effort to expand broadband availability throughout australia. >> does the term gov 2.0 mean the same thing in australia as it does in the united states? >> i think it does. people are understanding in using the internet. -- and using the internet. saying gov 2.0 relates it to government. it is helping them understand what we're about. >> is there a desire for those that you serve with and government to get more transparent via technology? >> we have a top-level policy commitment to making did a more sensible by australians and also -- more accessible by all this trillions. -- by all australians. there has been some legislative change recently. we had two acts of parliament -- the freedom of immigration amendment act and the information commissioner act, which both change things. it provides new objectives that make the difficult position of information public and less a case is
while most attendees come from the u.s., some come from all over the world as far as australia. senator lundy is a member of the australian better -- federal parliament and part of an expert -- part of an effort to expand broadband availability throughout australia. >> does the term gov 2.0 mean the same thing in australia as it does in the united states? >> i think it does. people are understanding in using the internet. -- and using the internet. saying gov 2.0 relates it to...
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the reputation of the u.s. government is in jeopardy for the first time since the treasury secretary alexander hamilton resurrected the finances of the united states after the revolutionary war and put us on the road to becoming an economic superpower. the congressional budget office predicts that federal spending will grow to 25.2% of gdp, far above the post-war average of 90.5%. a structural budget deficit in excess of 4% of gdp will persist through the next decade. consequently, federally held public debt will rise to 9% of gdp by the end of 2020. in the long-term outlook, the congressional budget office projects that under this the schools and area, which keeps current policies in space, -- in place, and uncontrolled spending will cause the federal deficit to explode to nearly 10 times america posted gdp by the end of fiscal year 2084. president obama and congressional democrats pursuing reckless and fiscal policies that are clearly unsustainable the but the united states in a debt crisis similar to greece.
the reputation of the u.s. government is in jeopardy for the first time since the treasury secretary alexander hamilton resurrected the finances of the united states after the revolutionary war and put us on the road to becoming an economic superpower. the congressional budget office predicts that federal spending will grow to 25.2% of gdp, far above the post-war average of 90.5%. a structural budget deficit in excess of 4% of gdp will persist through the next decade. consequently, federally...
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this puts the aaa reputation of+ the u.s. government into jeopardy for the first time since alexander hamilton resurrected the finances of the united states after the revolutionary war and put us on tthe road to becoming an economic superpower. the congressional budget office projects that under the president's budget federal spending will grow to 25.2% of gdp, far above its postwar averagef 19.5%. this is a structural budget deficit in excess of 4% of gdp. deficit in excess of 4% of gdp.
this puts the aaa reputation of+ the u.s. government into jeopardy for the first time since alexander hamilton resurrected the finances of the united states after the revolutionary war and put us on tthe road to becoming an economic superpower. the congressional budget office projects that under the president's budget federal spending will grow to 25.2% of gdp, far above its postwar averagef 19.5%. this is a structural budget deficit in excess of 4% of gdp. deficit in excess of 4% of gdp.
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and i suggest that we use the stimulus funds which actually are available to u.s. and could be spent on this initiative and would be an honest and fair offset. and i will make a proposal at the appropriate time, mr. chairman. senator reid. >> just quickly, i notice some disquiet by my colleague. i think it's because this bill represents one of the first major initiatives that we have taken in the area of financial regulation that is actually paid for. over the course of the last several years, particularly in 2000, many initiatives were not paid for, tax cuts, part d medicare, two wars -- so paying for something comes as something of a shock to the people here. if i understand the previous position that we're now positioning, it calls for tax and financial institutions that ultimately would go door to -- cote toward deficit reduction, but -- but that is being rejected because colleagues consider that to be an inappropriate balanced budget. the tax proposed initially represents a fraction of the bonuses that are handed out by financial firms. and the rationale that
and i suggest that we use the stimulus funds which actually are available to u.s. and could be spent on this initiative and would be an honest and fair offset. and i will make a proposal at the appropriate time, mr. chairman. senator reid. >> just quickly, i notice some disquiet by my colleague. i think it's because this bill represents one of the first major initiatives that we have taken in the area of financial regulation that is actually paid for. over the course of the last several...